Hello Andrew,   
      
   On Thu Jan 12 2017 06:15:30, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    AL> MBSE is tightly integrated with the host OS.  It needs to be able to   
    AL> create user accounts, change passwords, etc.  During the SETUP.sh   
    AL> process, it needs to modify /etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf and/or   
    AL> /etc/xinetd.conf, etc.  The tests in SETUP.sh help determine the   
    AL> proper steps to ensure that the BBS works without disrupting any other   
    AL> operations on the system.   
      
   Most, if not all of what you mention above, seems fairly standard in any Linux   
   distribution (or am I missing something?). I was merely wondering about the   
   check for the specific distro and version number, and what it would possibly   
   be used for.   
      
   I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the proper   
   checks on the locations of the files it needs to modify, rather than checking   
   for the specific distro name and version number. I just have no idea whether   
   or not the actual distro name and version number are used in MBSE itself, or   
   if it is just a set variable displayed to the sysop when running SETUP.sh,   
   which would then give reason as to why that check is performed.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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